Alison Nantz is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and received her degree through National College of Midwifery in the United States.  She is passionate about walking alongside other women in the most powerful and incredible experience of birth and motherhood.
Alison volunteered for two years in a Charity Birthing Clinic in the
Philippines and has been a part of over 300 births. She is also a Certified Lactation Educator Counselor (CLEC) and received her training through the University of San Diego. 

She recently moved to Shanghai in September 2010, but has lived in Asia for many years. She is loving living in Shanghai and is passionate about serving families and supporting moms.

A Note From Alison: 

My journey to midwifery was very unexpected, I always saw myself in a supportive, empathetic role but one in the medical profession, and especially childbirth was never on my radar. I spent 6 months on a service trip traveling around South East Asia and in my time discovered the need in developing countries for trained birth attendants. Being burdened by the world’s maternal and infant mortality rates was the motivation for receiving medical training, and led me to becoming a midwife. My two years in the Philippines opened my eyes to the many aspects of motherhood, and grew in me the desire to serve women holistically, recognizing the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs surrounding childbirth.

My husband’s job is what moved us to Shanghai, but having grown up in Taiwan I am so excited to be living here in China. I think it’s so important to have a support system during the exciting and transitional time of childbirth, and feel I can empathize with what it’s like to be in a “foreign country” during such a time. It’s my desire to serve families by supporting them through the childbirth and post partum period.